March 13, 2008
Pelfrey not sharp in 10-inning loss
JUPITER, Fla. -- A quick wrap-up after the Mets’ 6-5 Grapefruit League loss here to the Cardinals in 10 innings:1. Mike Pelfrey bounced back slightly yesterday but didn’t give El...
3 DOWN: Duncan, Mientkiewicz and Lohse
1. Shelley Duncan drew a lot of attention for his egregious slide that precipitated an on-field skirmish Wednesday against the Rays. But to Yankee fans his game on Thursday might...
Citi Field for 2013 All-Star Game?
The Mets expect to find out soon what year Citi Field will play host to the All-Star Game.A club spokesman said the Mets have been promised a game and were...
Benitez happy in Toronto
APArmando Benitez is happy to be in camp with the Toronto Blue Jays.It doesn’t matter to the 35-year-old that he has a minor league contract that will pay him $700,000...
Clark ready for super role
By PAUL SCHWARTZWhen you win the Super Bowl and do it with a punishing force, outsiders take notice."I just want to be a part of this defense that is just...
STRATEGIES: Renting in Rome III
David Landsel A reader emailed me this morning to say they loved our Rome coverage this week -- if you're just tuning in, scroll down for plenty -- however, they...
Super Smash Bros. Brawl NYC Tournament Photos
This past wekekend, at Best Buy in NYC during the midnight madness launch, there was a heck of a tournament that took place.Photos below the fold: Dennise Gomez of West...
SHELLY FAMILY TO ADRIENNE'S KILLER: WE HOPE YOU ROT
The husband of murdered actress Adrienne Shelly today told his wife's killer to "rot" in jail - a sentiment echoed by the judge, who tossed him in prison for 25...
Rosie O
Rosie O'Donnell, who until now has appeared to have been more of a Hillary Clinton booster than anything else, has jumped onto the Obama wagon train.In just one sentence on...
Tribeca Title Wave
The Tribeca Film Festival released another 37 titles for this year's edition today, with less than a handful of recognizable names. Best known is Mariah Carey, who earlier announced her...
Billy Crystal bats leadoff
Billy Crystal, wearing No. 60 in honor of his imminent birthday, struck out swinging leading off for the Yankees today against the Pirates at Legends Field.Crystal fouled off the second...
Beltran finally starts in center
JUPITER, Fla. -- The Mets got some more good news on the injury front today when Carlos Beltran started in center field here today against the Cardinals.Beltran, who was sidelined...
Guitar Hero fights back
Activision sued Gibson Guitar Corp. yesterday, saying that "Guitar Hero" doesn't infringe on Gibson's stupid patent for a "system and method of generating and controlling a simulated musical concert experience"...
View from the other side
Here's what some of the papers that cover the Tampa Bay Rays had to say about yesterday's brawl with the Yankees: Tampa Tribune columnist Martin Fennelly writes, "The Yankees, who...
Scene: Mary Louise Parker
At the opening of the Karen Millen US flagship boutique in Soho, actress Mary Louise Parker pairs Karen Millen with an Aliya leather jacket."I like high boots and jeans. I...
Deal of the Day-Paul & Joe
Sure this looks a bit like the house coat that my smelly old neighbor Marie wears around the building, but the Sleeveless Trapeze Dress is actually a great piece to...
Scene: Karen Millen
At the opening of the Karen Millen US flagship boutique in Soho, Nylon Style Director Dani Stahl wears a Karen Millen dress, shoes and leather jacket."I'm all about this white...
Harry Potter and the Greedy Conglomerate
I was not alone in wishing the Harry Potter movie series -- the fifth installment was especially turgid -- had ended last summer when the books did. But it looks...
'Idol' Strips David From The Competition
David Hernandez His train wreck "I Saw Her Standing There" on Tuesday night made him a prime elimination target.Something just hasn’t been right with David lately. The overnight www.dialidol.com estimates...
Starr Report: Paula's big hurt
Paula Abdul During an appearance on Sirius Radio's "Morning Mash Up," Abdul was asked about Oscar nominee Ellen Page ("Juno"). "I love that little girl," Abdul said. "I want to...
3 UP: Duncan, Umpires and Crystal
1. In my column in today’s Post I wrote about the on-field skirmish between the Yankees and Rays. One point I think it is with reiterating here is how much...
THE GAL WHO LAID GOV LOW
The woman for whom Gov. Spitzer tossed away his political career, reputation and, perhaps, his family finally has a face. Ashley Alexandra Dupre, a 22-year-old aspiring singer from the Jersey...
SHAMEFUL END AS SPITZ QUITS
A humiliated Gov. Spitzer resigned yesterday amid scandalous revelations that he'd been having sex with high-priced hookers for years and was ensnared in a federal probe of an international call-girl...
'THAT WOULD NEVER BE ME'
A decade ago, as she watched then-First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton humiliated by her intern-loving hubby, Silda Wall Spitzer made clear her intentions if Eliot ever cheated. "That would never...
GET A LEWD OF THIS! MOCKERY GOES BLOG WILD
The blogosphere was in a virtual frenzy yesterday following Gov. Spitzer's resignation as cyberjournalists and readers posted comments basking in his fall from grace. Scores of blogs and other Web...
WALL STREET SPIRITS RALLY AS FOE FALLS
Soon-to-be-former Gov. Spitzer may finally earn some gratitude from Wall Street - where his jubilant archenemies at the New York Stock Exchange and financial houses around the city cheered his...
NYERS GLAD TO TOSS BUM OUT
At 11:45 a.m. yesterday, New Yorkers were transfixed by their televisions during a stunning moment in state history - the resignation of disgraced Gov. Spitzer. The grim silence at Luke's...
HIS STAFF IS SORE AT GETTING THE SHAFT
Of all the people affected by Eliot Spitzer's downfall, his staffers were among the hardest hit - angry and depressed by the conduct of the man they worshipped, sources said...
FEDS MAKING THEIR CASE AGAINST ELIOT
Federal investigators will pore over Gov. Spitzer's financial records - dating to his earliest days as New York's attorney general - before they decide whether, or how, to prosecute him,...
KINKY LINK TO BRAZIL'S BOMBSHELL
A convicted Manhattan madam who served as an informant in the federal probe of Gov. Spitzer's liaisons with prostitutes was being whisked back home to Brazil last night, The Post...
PROUD COMMUNITY HAILS A SON OF HARLEM
Harlem cheered the rise of one of its own yesterday, with residents throughout the famed neighborhood saying native son Lt. Gov. David Paterson is ready for the top job. "I'm...
NEXT LEADER ALREADY ROUNDING UP TROOPS
ALBANY - David Paterson spent his first day as governor-in-waiting at his Albany-area home, reaching out to state leaders while his top aides planned for a lightning-quick transition and dealing...
SADDENED & RELIEVED GOV'S GONE
There was sadness and shock from Washington to Albany in the wake of Eliot Spitzer's resignation yesterday, with officials praying for him and wishing success for soon-to-be-Gov. David Paterson. And...
NEW BRUNO SQUABBLE
ALBANY - They're fighting already. The elevation of Lt. Gov. David Paterson to governor will leave Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, who is under federal investigation for possible misuse of...
SUBWAY-DRAG GAL SETTLES FOR $11M
Alice Huang is out $16 million - and she's thrilled about it. A state appeals court reduced a jury's $28.5 million award to Huang for the freak subway accident that...
CUNY'S TOXIC HALL TO FALL AT GROUND ZERO
After more than two years of delays, federal officials have finally approved plans to decontaminate and demolish City University's toxin-filled Fitterman Hall at Ground Zero, which has served as a...
NEW WTC TOWERS FINALLY UNDER WAY
Construction of two of Ground Zero developer Larry Silverstein's three World Trade Center towers will begin this week when crews start blasting away at bedrock at the recently excavated sites,...
'DOG-STARVE' COP TO GIVE UP
A cop will surrender to police soon to face charges that he starved his dog, sources told The Post yesterday. The dog, a German shepherd, has gained 15 pounds since...
NIXZMARY'S BODY OF EVIDENCE
Projecting a huge photograph of Nixzmary Brown's emaciated and bruised corpse on a screen before the jury, prosecutors summed up their case against the girl's stepfather, calling her body the...
BOOZER LO$ER
A Long Island judge has slashed the $350-a-week child support a 19-year-old college student won when she sued her mother - after the teen was caught drinking away the money,...
$21M FOR GIRL OF TRAGIC CRASH DAD
A Queens jury awarded a 10-year-old girl more than $21 million after her father was killed in a fiery car crash caused by a doctor nearly five years ago. Antionette...
BABY-BEAT SLAY RAP FOR PARENTS
A Queens couple was arrested yesterday in the death of their 21/2-month- old daughter, who had suffered a broken skull and was violently shaken, authorities said yesterday. The dad, Hang...
CREDIT CARD IS BLACK GOLD
For the oil-soaked sheik or shipping magnate who has everything - but wants more - now there's the exclusive diamond-studded Dubai First Royale Black MasterCard. Targeted at invite-only clients in...
THIS SONG'S GOT A GREAT 'HOOK'
"Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?" No, it's not New York's new state motto, it's the chorus to "Lady Marmalade," the freshly crowned Top Hooker Song of All Time, as...
JODIE KOOK BUSTED FOR BOMB NOTE
A creepy Boston fan obsessed with Jodie Foster has been busted for mailing a bomb threat mentioning the Oscar-winning actress to a Los Angeles airport, the feds said. Michael Smegal,...
FERRAR-OVER
WASHINGTON - Geraldine Ferraro abruptly resigned her post in Hillary Rodham Clinton's fund-raising team yesterday, days after touching off a racial furor by saying Barack Obama was ahead in the...
TEARS ON THE STAND
A turncoat former aide of jailed gumshoe Anthony Pellicano broke down in tears yesterday as the embattled private eye relentlessly grilled her on the witness stand. Tarita Virtue, 38, cried...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
QUEENS This brute shot and wounded a Jamaica deli clerk in a robbery and barreled over an elderly man while fleeing, police said yesterday. The thug walked into the San...
BECOMING HIS DOORMAT WAS HER SIN, HER CRIME AND HER FAILING
FOR a split second, Silda flinched. The moment came at the end of a freakishly controlled press con ference thrown by soon-to-be-ex-Gov. Spitzer and his soon-to-be-ex-wife, Silda Wall "Doormat" Spitzer....
I KNEW HE WAS A FRAUD & A HYPOCRITE FROM THE DAY HE SWAGGERED INTO CAPITOL
ALBANY - I saw many signs early on that Eliot Spitzer was to politics what Sinclair Lewis' Elmer Gantry was to religion - a consummate hypocrite - but few, if...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Talk about a political scandal! A Connecticut eighth-grader has been stripped of his post of class vice president and suspended for - are you ready? - buying a bag of...
JULIETTE GORDON LOW
Today's page looks at Girl Scout founder Juliette Gordon Low. JULIETTE Magil Kinzie Gordon was born in Savannah, Ga., on Halloween - Oct. 31, 1860. She was the second of...
BRAND AID
STILL footing the bill for your birthday party? Oh, honey . . . you need better friends. These days, everyone is getting their shindigs sponsored - and we mean everyone....
THE WHITE STUFF
CHRISTIAN Lander calls his new (2-month-old), instantaneously popular Web site (11 million hits) StuffWhitePeopleLike.com. But he admits that it's essentially a vanity list of his own interests as a 29-year-old...
TROUPE'S QUIRKY & PERKY
EVERYTHING'S up-to-date in Kansas City! So they sang in "Okla homa!" - and so it seems with the Kansas City Ballet. Fresh off its 50th anniversary, the troupe not only...
HAUTE LIST
NOTORIOUSLY elusive Belgian designer Martin Margiela has never been photographed and prefers to conduct press interviews as a design collective (using the pronoun "we" instead of "I") via fax. And...
DELTA'S ALPHA MALE
BY any measure, it's been a decent year for David "Honey boy" Edwards. He won a Grammy for his work on "Last of the Delta Bluesmen," had a part in...
STARR REPORT
Paula's big hurt What's with Paula Abdul's violent imagery and her rear- view-mirror obsession? Weeks after telling "American Idol" favorite David Archuleta that "I wanted to squish you, squeeze your...
CRANKIEST PATRIOT
I hold this truth to be self-evi dent: It is very difficult to accurately re-create the world of our founding fathers on film. Tom Hanks can't even do it and...
YOUTUBE COMES TO TV
YOUTUBE is coming to a TV near you. TiVo, facing competition from cable and satellite providers offering digital recording services, inked a deal with Google that will allow customers to...
STILETTO 'HILLS'
OMIGOD! "Laguna Beach" ri vals Lauren Conrad and Kristin Cavallari are apparently friends again. The two, who famously clashed on "Laguna Beach" when Kristin made a play for Lauren's then-boyfriend...
ALICIA DUCKS BRITNEY SITCOM
'CLUELESS" star Alicia Silverstone has sud denly disappeared from an episode of "How I Met Your Mother" after Britney Spears showed up. In the episode, scheduled to air March 24,...
DAVID STRIPPED OF 'IDOL' HOPE
DAVID Hernandez, the singer at the center of a gay stripping controversy, last night became the first "American Idol" hopeful eliminated from the final 12. Hernandez, 24, from Arizona; Kristy...
HILLS ARE ALIVE WITH GOOD DEALS
COPIOUS amounts of natural snow this winter are giving skiers and riders something they haven't had for a number of years: choices - lots of areas with lots of snow....
NYRA: IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL
Big question around Big A yesterday was, how will Spitzer's resignation affect new NYRA franchise? Not much, according to NYRA president Charles Hayward, who said: "The franchise legislation has been...
MANHATTAN CENTER EYES BERGTRAUM
It's been a long time since Bergtraum had to face anyone else who had won a PSAL title, but when the Lady Blazers get to Madison Square Garden for the...
SPORTS SHORTS
NBA: Rockets win 20th straight The Rockets became the third team in NBA history to win 20 consecutive games, tying for the league's second-longest winning streak with an 83-75 victory...
TIGER FEELS LIKE HE CAN'T BE BEAT
ORLANDO - Confidence never has been in short supply for Tiger Woods. Surely he arrived out of the womb possessing a rare air of self assurance. But never before has...
DALY DQ'D FOR NO-SHOW
ORLANDO - John Daly's chaotic life took yet another damaging swerve toward career oblivion yesterday when he was disqualified from this week's Arnold Palmer Invitational for missing his morning pro-am...
STOKES SEEKS PAYBACK AGAINST HOYAS
Villanova's Corey Stokes doesn't know exactly how many times he has been asked about the last-second foul he was called for in a 55-53 loss to Georgetown a month ago,...
GARDEN LOVERS
If only St. John's or the Knicks played as well at Madison Square Garden as Pittsburgh does, basketball in this city might still be interesting. The Panthers continued their MSG...
ORANGE CRUSHED
The players sat together a year ago on Selection Sunday with their 22 wins and 10 conference victories and an unwavering belief that they would see the name, 'Syracuse' pop...
PIRATE SHIP SINKS
Seton Hall coach Bobby Gonzalez had called Sunday's collapse against archrival Rutgers the must crushing, disappointing loss of his life. Last night's 67-54 Big East tourney loss to Marquette wasn't...
SUPER FROSH FINDS GROOVE
THEY aren't allowed to be freshmen anymore, not if they come leaping out of high school with glittering credentials and gaudy reputations. They are expected to use college ball as...
WELSH FACES AXE AFTER LATEST LOSS
With 17.9 seconds remaining yesterday in another Providence loss, a not very loud and not particularly vocal group of Friars fans started a "Fire Welsh" chant that lasted a few...
BRODEUR, DEVILS LOOK TO REGROUP
Perhaps, as Martin Brodeur hopes, their faceplant in Montreal was the result of the absence of their two top defensemen. Somehow, though, lacking Colin White and Paul Martin doesn't fully...
GIANTS DRIVE OFF WITH NEW CARR
Can a former No. 1 pick who failed as a starting quarterback become a quality backup? The Giants will find out, as yesterday they signed David Carr to a one-year,...
MUM DOLAN IRKS ISIAH
MIAMI - A fed-up Isiah Thomas instructed reporters yesterday morning to phone owner James Dolan to ask him what he's thinking. It's more likely Eddy Curry wins a swimsuit competition...
EL DUQUE'S KICK START
PORT ST. LUCIE - El Duque finally went from spectator to active participant yesterday in the fight for the Mets' fifth-starter role. Unveiling his new, more conventional windup for the...
DUANER FEELS VERY RELIEVED
PORT ST. LUCIE - Duaner Sanchez considered yesterday a turning point, even if the numbers said otherwise. The Mets' key reliever all but declared his psyche and his surgically repaired...
NETS BRING IT HOME DESPITE LEBRON'S 42
The Nets just barely avoided getting LeBron-ed to a pulp last night, but who's complaining? After the road trip from hell, it doesn't really matter if you nearly squander an...
FEAR NOT AS ELBOW BUMPS ANDY
TAMPA - With all the innings restrictions placed on their young starters, the Yankees desperately need Andy Pettitte to carry his familiar workhorse load this season. So when he was...
FIGHT CLUBS PLAY ROUGH
ST. PETERSBURG - At second base yesterday afternoon, the controversy between the Yankees and Rays exploded. Four days earlier, the teams were involved in a controversial home-plate collision, resulting in...
TAMPA TENSION IS REAL NOW
ST. PETERSBURG - In "Seinfeld," when George Costanza is hired as the Yankees' assistant to the traveling secretary, Jerry reacts by saying incredulously, "Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio . . . Costanza?"...
CRYSTAL: I'M BOMBERS' 'DESIGNATED HEBREW'
ST. PETERSBURG -Billy Crystal is slated to play in today's Yankees-Pirates game. The comedian and lifelong Yankees fan, who will soon turn 60 years old, yesterday said he thought he...
IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY
You won't have to push too hard to achieve your goals, not when you have so many powerful cosmic influences removing obstacles and smoothing your path to fame and fortune....
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Wed.: 508; Lucky Sum: 13 / Midday Win-4 Wed: 0281; Lucky Sum: 11 / Evening Nos. Wed.: 855; Lucky Sum: 18 / Evening Win-4 Wed.: 4855;...
SYMPATHY FOR SILDA
New Yorkers are not likely to shed any tears for the disgraced outgoing gov ernor - but one woman surely deserving of their sympathy and respect is his wife, Silda...
GOOD RIDDANCE
On Day 437, everything changed. Finally. So long, Client No. 9. And good riddance. There wasn't an iota of discernible sincerity in soon-to-be-ex-Gov. Spitzer's pinched statement of resignation, delivered yesterday...
DOWNTOWN: ELIOT LEAVES A MESS
WITH all the headaches that face incoming Gov. David Paterson, the Fulton Street Transit Center is probably at or near the bottom of his to-do list. But he'd better move...
NO GOV FOR OLD MEN
ELIOT Spitzer's unwilling ness or inability to quiet his extracurricular hunger for sex-for-pay upon assuming high office is not only the proximate cause of his downfall, but the key to...
PATERSON'S CHALLENGES: ECONOMIC WOES
WHEN Eliot Spitzer's entanglement with a high-priced prostitution ring was first revealed Monday afternoon, stock indexes were getting pummeled in the latest manifestation of credit market turmoil. On Tuesday, as...
PICKING UP THE REFORM BALL
Eliot Spitzer was a shoot ing star. In all New York's history, no governor ar rived with greater brilliance, nor fell to earth so precipitously. As his critics like to...
STEAMED NY ROLLS ON AS 'EMPEROR' ELIOT EXITS
Spitzer still doesn't get it. In his resignation speech he referred to "private failings" as if his participation in an interstate call-girl ring was nothing more than a slight insult...
BARRY MAKES POINTS
WILMINGTON, Del. - Barry Diller personally took it on the chin again from Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei in court yesterday - but it was Liberty's case that took the...
MIZRAHI REALLY LOVES CLAIBORNE'S COMPANY
Two months into their relationship, Liz Claiborne and Isaac Mizrahi have already decided to shack up. Hired away from "cheap chic" discount retailer Target in mid-January to makeover the Liz...
ROSS: POLS WRONG ON CREDIT CRISIS
Wilbur Ross - who's betting $1 billion that municipalities will beat their latest funding crisis - says politicians are trying to help but have it all wrong. The bottom-fishing billionaire...
CHORDS OF DISSONANCE
Activision and Viacom are out of tune when it comes to splitting royalties from the hit video game "Guitar Hero III." The situation boiled over earlier this week when Harmonix...
PLASTIC FEE FALL
Washington lawmakers are preparing to take a giant swipe at the $19 billion initial public offering of credit-card giant Visa, the largest-ever US IPO, just as it sets to launch...
SALE OF JOSSIP GOSSIP
Jossip Initiative, the company that owns the snarky, mediacentric Website jossip.com and other ventures, is on the block, sources say. The company, founded by David Hauslaib in late 2003, is...
NYSE-AMEX BID: TOO LOW
A large and deep-pocketed seat owner on the American Stock Exchange is set to go public with his battle to derail the $260 million takeover of the beleaguered downtown institution...
WEST ORANGE, NJ
Behold, Ravenscroft! Be thou amazed by this "beautiful" center-hall 1920 Georgian Colonial bedecked with unique architectural details: ornate moldings, intricate bronze gates and "burled walnut walls." But, indeed, those are...
JUST SOLD!
Manhattan CHELSEA $502,500 305 W. 18th St. Studio condo, 450 square feet, with renovated kitchen and bath and new floors; building features elevator, courtyard, laundry and live-in super. Common charges...
BUENO, DIAZ
There's something about the apartment that Cameron Diaz has bought in the West Village - it took her forever to find it. After searching for more than a year, including...
GREEN ROOM
Eco-friendly furnishings for your entire home
PACK IT IN
No, you can't live in the Meatpacking District (or at least not legally), but if "up all night, sleep all day" is your MO, there are buildings that will allow...
INDUSTRY STANDARD
VISIT the Meatpacking District at 1 a.m. on a Saturday night and the word "scene" doesn't even begin to describe what you'll find. Swarms of the hip and their hangers-on...
UP, UP & AWAY
THE Meatpacking District might be aflutter with new retail and restaurants, but with progress comes pain. Many pioneers credited with jump-starting the neighborhood , including popular eatery Florent, now find...
TIME TO PERK UP
MATCH POINT Given how European buyers have propped up Manhattan real estate, it's understandable that buildings would try to make expats feel at home. For example, Adagio, a new condo...
KISS THE COOK
IT'S a wonder that legendary singer and actress Barbara Cook has enough room in her Riverside Drive apartment for all her awards. Among them: a Tony, a Drama Desk Award,...
HUDSON HEIGHTS
Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,200 Maintenance: $640 Live a perfectly balanced life in this "perfectly proportioned" renovated condo on West 187th Street, with a large sunlit space for...
CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN
Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 920 Maintenance: $648 Who says this sunny, updated prewar co-op (which allows a 10 percent down payment) on Eastern Parkway is out of the...
BATTERY PARK CITY
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,100 Common charges: $1,715 Look to the future in this corner condo on South End Avenue that, in addition to partial river views, will...
MILLER PLACE, LI
Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 2½ Square feet: 2,500 Beyond the commuter belt, you can still find affordable Long Island country living. This "extraordinary" custom Victorian on the North Shore is framed...
EAST HARLEM
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,201 Common charges: $672 In a new development on upper Third Avenue is where you'll find this "expansive" condo with a master bath that...
KEW GARDENS, QUEENS
Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,425 Common charges: $599 Think of it as a gated community in the heart of Queens. In a Talbot Street building surrounded by a...
WEST VILLAGE
The brochure claims this four-level, 23-foot-wide townhouse on "quaint" Jane Street will appeal to anyone who desires townhouse living. Um, that sounds pretty logical to us. The modernized home measures...
BROOKVILLE, LI
No need to go way out on Long Island for "Hampton style." Located a mere 45 minutes from Manhattan (depending on the traffic), this "architecturally detailed" and "professionally decorated" Colonial...
Slate NYC: Unfashionably, unfathomably bad service
(2) They charged my credit card $69 on February 13th.(3) Their online scheduling system doesn't work so I call once. No one is there, so I leave a message.(4) No...